VFR chart question

[Greg Arehart]

Originally Posted by mburch

I believe what you're seeing here is the edge of Class E airspace that abuts Class G. If you look in the vicinity of KLMT, you can see a lot of this type of airspace. If you toggle over to the IFR low chart, you'll see that the same areas are shaded brown, which indicates uncontrolled airspace.

On VFR charts these lines are supposed to be shaded blue, not grey, so maybe there was a printing problem or a color translation issue with Skyvector. Or we all need to calibrate our monitors...

mcb

I'm going to go with this explanation for now. But it's a bit of an odd shape (at least the one near Page AZ) - such a tiny wedge of space.

Nothing like spending Sunday looking at charts!

Greg

[PCHunt]

If you can find a really old, say 1960's sectional, you will find large areas of uncontrolled airspace in the western US.

The small triangles are just what is left over after all the airways and other airspace became "controlled" airspace. [old terminology].

The VFR wx requirements are just about the only thing that changes in that airspace. (and yes, you can legally fly IFR [technically IMC] in that airspace without a clearance or comm. But you can't go very far!!

[JDA_BTR]

So V293 is cutting a path through a sliver of uncontrolled airspace west of Page right on the border of the Denver/LasVegas approach areas?.. weird vestige!

[BobTurner]

Originally Posted by JDA_BTR

So V293 is cutting a path through a sliver of uncontrolled airspace west of Page right on the border of the Denver/LasVegas approach areas?.. weird vestige!

I do not think so. Northwest of Page V293 has a dog leg to avoid the uncontrolled airspace; southwest it misses it, too.